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Table 1 Demographic, medical and oral condition characteristics of study subjects by pregnancy status

From: Oral health and Candida carriage in socioeconomically disadvantaged US pregnant women

Categories

Non-Pregnant

(n = 34)

Pregnant

(n = 48)

p-value

Age (year)

31.8 ± 6.9

27.1 ± 5.1

0.34

Race

African American

24% (8)

52% (25)

< 0.001

White

53% (18)

17% (8)

Asian

21% (7)

8% (4)

Others

3% (1)

23% (11)

Ethnicity

Hispanic

18% (6)

10% (5)

0.34

Non-Hispanic

82% (28)

93% (43)

Use of antibiotics > 1 months in the past 6 months (Yes)

0% (0)

4% (2)

0.23

Diabetes (Yes)

0% (0)

8% (4)

0.08

Asthma (Yes)

9% (3)

8% (4)

0.94

Hypertension (Yes)

9% (3)

17% (8)

0.31

Anxiety and/or depression (Yes)

9% (3)

19% (9)

0.21

Smoking (Yes)

18% (6)

13% (6)

0.52

Tooth brushing

Twice/daily

82% (28)

63% (30)

0.11

Once/daily

15% (5)

35% (17)

<one/daily

3% (1)

2% (1)

Plaque index

1.5 ± 0.9

1.7 ± 0.6

0.002

Untreated decayed teeth percentage

47.1% (18)

79.1% (38)

0.01

Decayed teeth number (DT)

3.1 ± 4.8

3.9 ± 3.8

0.33

Decayed, missing, filled teeth number (DMFT)

6.9 ± 6.4

7.5 ± 4.5

0.09

Salivary S. mutans carriage (106 CFU/ml)

2.1 ± 4.5

1.3 ± 2.1

0.12

Salivary S. mutans carriage

No carriage

9% (3)

0% (0)

0.01

1–105 CFU/ml

38% (13)

19% (9)

> 105 CFU/ml

53% (18)

81% (39)

Salivary C. albicans carriage (103 CFU/ml)

1.3 ± 2.6

1.4 ± 5.5

0.66

Salivary C. albicans carriage

No carriage

44% (15)

44% (21)

0.63

1–400 CFU/ml

24% (8)

33% (16)

> 400 CFU/ml

32% (11)

23% (11)